This may seem a ridiculous question, but can someone please suggest some good current suppliers of Australian-grown green coffee beans? Incredible as it may seem, particularly because I live in Australia, I am struggling to find any. I've read a few references to such suppliers, on this forum and elsewhere, but found those references to be outdated in one way or another. Perhaps if a sticky living list of Australian growers/suppliers can be established by knowledgeable people, perhaps with a "Buy Australian" character?
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Try a google search......'Australian coffee farms green coffee beans wholesale' or something like that.
Also google other mainstream green coffee bean suppliers, some of whom carry Aussie beans from time time.
They can be good sometimes but they are never cheap ;-D
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We sometimes see Mountain Top Estate beans in BeanBay and these are usually pretty good. I have missed out on the legendary Bin 35 lots but have enjoyed other offerings.
A quick google of Australian Coffee growers gave this site: http://www.astca.org/ with the 'Our Industry' link giving a list of 30-odd growers. As none is a sponsor, you won't see them promoted on CS so you may have to do your own research or wait until Andy adds some to BeanBay.
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Rays Mountain Top from CS is a nice smooth coffee. When I went to Cairns I stopped in at Skybury in Mareeba and picked up about 5KG of green beans. Their coffee is outstanding!! I loved their peaberry best.
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Thanks for this site - A good list of various suppliers' websites, which I will now be browsing with great interest. Hope to source some Australian coffee beans soon.Originally posted by flynnaus View PostWe sometimes see Mountain Top Estate beans in BeanBay and these are usually pretty good. I have missed out on the legendary Bin 35 lots but have enjoyed other offerings.
A quick google of Australian Coffee growers gave this site: http://www.astca.org/ with the 'Our Industry' link giving a list of 30-odd growers. As none is a sponsor, you won't see them promoted on CS so you may have to do your own research or wait until Andy adds some to BeanBay.
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No problem. Note these are sub-tropical growers so doesn't include the farms in northern Australia like the one dan77 mentioned, for example. I think it might be too early for this season's crop so it's likely to be older stockOriginally posted by ax72 View PostThanks for this site - A good list of various suppliers' websites, which I will now be browsing with great interest. Hope to source some Australian coffee beans soon.
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I think that the obvious answer comes back to price and quality. Australian coffees are generally more expensive due to far higher labour charges. Quality has historically been variable- but there have been some terrific examples.Originally posted by ax72 View PostThanks, I'll keep an eye on the CS shop. It does raise the obvious question - Why does an Australian coffee seller not supply any Australian coffee? Have I missed something?
Andy commits to a whole heap in advance at a price and quality which are excellent. I think he performs an amazing tightrope walk- so to speak.
The last batch of Aussie (MTC Ray's) was fantastic and circa $30/kg green as I recall. It's sold more slowly than other offers which was a shame.
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ditto Chris, Andy sources only high quality beans, I imagine that he cups each bean before considering its place on Beanbay. Unfortunately Aussie beans just don't always stand up to what can be got from overseas. I have sourced my own bags of green aussie beans, but they are not of the same quality I can get from Beanbay.
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Keep in mind, there are only 600 tonnes of coffee grown in Australia annually... which is pretty much nothing when compared to Brazil's 2.7 million tonnes (2011)... and even if every Australian coffee seller wanted to stock and sell Aussie beans, there simply would not be enough to go around.Originally posted by ax72 View PostThanks, I'll keep an eye on the CS shop. It does raise the obvious question - Why does an Australian coffee seller not supply any Australian coffee? Have I missed something?
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I know that Mountain Top Coffee Farm in Nimbin have some. I have just organized for a few hundred kilos of it! I know they have more to offer. They have a Facebook site and you will be able to Google them. Their coffee in my opinion is a good quality Australian coffee which I prefer over the Pea Berry from the Atherton Tablelands. I roast and buy green coffee for a company in WA and we have had a difficult time trying to find Aussie coffee also.
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Marvellous, thought provoking responses everyone. Having just recently read about the coffee competition held in Port Macquarie, I wonder what the effect might be on the Australian coffee growing industry were medallists in various coffee competitions both local and overseas were to achieve their high rankings by using Australian coffee?
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My local roaster frequently sources many of his beans from farms around the area. He recently won gold in the organic espresso category in last years golden bean using beans from an estate near Byron Bay.
I don't believe he has an online store, but next time I drop in there I'll ask if any of his suppliers have a way of ordering for people elsewhere in the country.
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Skybury was available in W Pth roaster here for years (1976 to 2011 ish). Needed about 10 to 15% Kenyan Peaberry or Cuban Laquino to tame its flavour and then it was brilliant. About two years ago it disappeared (shame). I have not seen any OZ grown since in WA. Any other CSr's know of any?
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